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Inductive reasoning and semantic cognition: More than just different names for the same thing?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Aidan Feeney ,
Aimee K. Crisp  and
Catherine J. Wilburn
Aidan Feeney
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Durham University, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH, United Kingdom. [email protected]/[email protected]@durham.ac.uk
Aimee K. Crisp
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Durham University, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH, United Kingdom. [email protected]/[email protected]@durham.ac.uk
Catherine J. Wilburn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Durham University, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH, United Kingdom. [email protected]/[email protected]@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

We describe evidence that certain inductive phenomena are associated with IQ, that different inductive phenomena emerge at different ages, and that the effects of causal knowledge on induction are decreased under conditions of memory load. On the basis of this evidence we argue that there is more to inductive reasoning than semantic cognition.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 715 - 716
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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